Mostly, Democrats and liberals are trying to spin them as trivial and insignificant. Actor Matt Walton, who has been an on-camera corporate spokesman for brands including Advil, Claritin, Old Spice, Lowe’s, Old Navy, and Cablevision, says that those bonuses are “an offensive joke.”

Come on man. Those $1000 bonuses are the equivalent of a really shitty tip for the service of us handing over tens of millions of our dollars to these corporations. It’s an offensive joke, and a meaningless marketing ploy. https://t.co/1COHx2WFla

If $1,000 is a “really shitty tip” then perhaps we should cut all programs to help low income people by $1,000 per person, since it isn’t enough money to help people. By your thinking, they won’t miss it. https://t.co/20KxXtAZF1